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Internship

Date: May 05 2005

Intro

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Steph’s friend is planning to do an internship, and she’s been talking about it a lot lately.
Because of that, John and Derek started thinking maybe we should get an intern. They’re talking about it now.

Dialog

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2. Study - Read the dialog again to see how the vocab words are used.

John

Derek

John: So, you think we should hire an intern?

Derek: I think it’s getting busy enough where we might.

John: Yeah. Well who’ll manage them though?

Derek: Mmm. Maybe I will.

John: It’s such a great opportunity for people that are looking for experience.

Derek: I think so. I know a few people that have, ya know, had internships at really nice places and then ended up they got a job there permanently.

John: Yeah. Well, when I was in school that’s what I tried to do. I took some internships at different companies. And they did offer me a job afterwards. And so it gave me great experience and good contacts too.

Derek: Definitely. It’s always nice to go through that, sort of, apprenticeship.

John: Right. And for us, it would be nice because we’d be able to get a feel for somebody without having to hire them on as an employee yet. And if we liked ‘em we could offer them a job.

Derek: Yeah. It’s always a nice way to do it.

John: Yeah.

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Discussion

Interning is a really good way to get experience. In America, some internships are paid and some are not.
They are good to do as a student because you can often get college credit. It’s also a great way to get references and make contacts for when you start your career.
Do many people do internships where you live? Have you ever done one? What are the pros and cons of doing internships?

Comments

La Princesse de la vie

Egypt

Yeah, I know some friends who are interns in pharmacies and analytical labs and other places. It’s a great way for college students here to get the experience as university education is mostly focused on theoretical learning more than the practical part.

I had a training in a pharmacie before, but stopped for a while and I’m about to continue my internship again.

I see that internship is mostly about pros. To me the only con about it is that mostly it’s not paid xD